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Regulation/Enforcement
HSE failing to make progress on work-related stress, IOSH public sector conference told
Road safety
Smart devices installed on heavy vehicles to report fatigue and speeding
Work at height
Singapore construction workers use VR to rectify unsafe practices

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Hazardous substances
Stonemasons fined after worker developed silicosis

A stonemasonry company whose employee developed silicosis has been ordered to pay £18,000 in fines and costs.
Lifting operations
National Grid worker killed by new remote-controlled crane had not been trained

National Grid has been fined more than £330,000 after a worker was killed during a lifting operation.
Safe systems of work
Family firm’s director admits guilt over agency worker’s factory scalping

The director of a family firm founded in Warrington with the ambition “to be the best” has pleaded guilty to two health and safety charges after an agency worker was scalped in an industrial accident in June 2016.
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Features

Work at height roundtable
Work at height
Work at height
Table talk: fall protection
Givaudan case study
Accident reduction
Case study
Known unknowns
Driving
Road safety
Driver safety
Crack the code

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Asbestos
Asbestos management
Do not disturb

Workers undertaking maintenance, refurbishment and demolition are most at risk from developing asbestos related diseases but are current controls sufficient?

Work at height
Work at height
High priorities

A report from a UK parliamentary group makes four recommendations to reduce the overall number of falls related to work at height, the cause of one in four workplace fatalities.
Accident reduction
Construction plans
A picture speaks volumes

Construction work presents risks to workers and the public but using simple site drawings to outline control measures can help to minimise them
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Columns

Cottam Martin
Martin Cottam
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Organisations that commit to ISO 45001 must focus on health as well as safety
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Andrew Sharman CFIOSH
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Key take-aways from Tim Ferriss’ book The 4-Hour Work Week.

Products and services

Wellbeing
UV protection: a key part of workplace health and safety
Asbestos
Steph McGovern, Eddie the Eagle and Jonny Wilkinson to speak at SHE 2019
Asbestos
Safety & Health Expo – the main event for 2019

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Career development
IOSH Managing Occupational Health and Wellbeing, new from RRC

RRC is delighted to offer the new IOSH Managing Occupational Health and Wellbeing certificate. 

Emergency planning
The importance of communication in emergency planning

When it comes to emergency planning, everyone in your organisation needs to understand the emergency procedure in place and what each individual is required to do – should the worst happen.
Vibration
Reactec launches multi-purpose device to manage H&S risks of onsite and lone workers

Following research with over 200 businesses, Reactec – the award-winning UK market leader in the provision of monitoring technology for hand-arm vibration (HAV*) risk – has this month launched a new multi-purpose device called RASOR which creates a connected worker environment with Reactec’s on-line Analytics and supports lone workers.
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